Mouton
['muːtɒn] or ['mʊtɑn]
Definition
n. a sheep: a 14th-cent. French gold coin weighing about 70 grains.
Edited by Kelsey
Examples
- I believe, however, that she is a good-natured creature, and would have been delighted to cook me c?telettes de mouton, if I could have eaten them. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mouton aux navets, added the butler gravely (pronounce, if you please, moutongonavvy); and the soup is potage de mouton a l'Ecossaise. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typed by Carolyn